World Bank · Debt
China: Interest payments on variable rate external debt, public and publicly guaranteed
6.50Bcurrent USD · 2025+685.2% since 2015
Interest payments on variable rate external debt, public and publicly guaranteed Reported as: PPG. All creditors combined (IDS counterpart area: World); figures by creditor are not carried. Annual figures for China from 1981 to 2025.
Every year
| Year | Value (current USD) | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6,498,521,125 | |
| 2024 | 6,134,222,446 | |
| 2023 | 5,135,413,018.4 | |
| 2022 | 1,765,545,884.6 | |
| 2021 | 844,539,229.2 | |
| 2020 | 1,649,686,838.6 | |
| 2019 | 2,382,600,911.4 | |
| 2018 | 1,794,083,500.6 | |
| 2017 | 1,454,625,146.1 | |
| 2016 | 1,014,611,739.7 | |
| 2015 | 827,601,171.3 | |
| 2014 | 521,236,982.8 | |
| 2013 | 559,981,962.7 | |
| 2012 | 389,697,415.9 | |
| 2011 | 312,438,705.1 | |
| 2010 | 340,434,060.5 | |
| 2009 | 705,871,225.9 | |
| 2008 | 1,018,105,119.2 | |
| 2007 | 1,281,271,612.5 | |
| 2006 | 979,614,517.5 | |
| 2005 | 687,236,758.1 | |
| 2004 | 744,316,739.1 | |
| 2003 | 792,732,851.6 | |
| 2002 | 1,131,546,162.9 | |
| 2001 | 1,201,802,494.4 | |
| 2000 | 1,134,557,189.3 | |
| 1999 | 1,081,829,623.3 | |
| 1998 | 1,691,291,036.4 | |
| 1997 | 1,774,353,405.8 | |
| 1996 | 1,591,623,705.4 | |
| 1995 | 1,440,712,265.3 | |
| 1994 | 949,870,669.9 | |
| 1993 | 800,150,898.1 | |
| 1992 | 888,310,683.7 | |
| 1991 | 1,282,981,402.3 | |
| 1990 | 1,218,120,364.4 | |
| 1989 | 1,248,103,270.9 | |
| 1988 | 702,924,447.9 | |
| 1987 | 323,892,487.8 | |
| 1986 | 141,415,127.3 | |
| 1985 | 223,748,419.9 | |
| 1984 | 306,283,874.9 | |
| 1983 | 262,449,119.3 | |
| 1982 | 346,613,252.4 | |
| 1981 | 350,980,137.8 |
Source
Published by World Bank. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.
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World Bank (2026). Interest payments on variable rate external debt, public and publicly guaranteed. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-interest-payments-on-variable-rate-external-debt-public (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.
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- Algeria
- Angola
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- Belarus
- Belize
- Benin
- Bhutan
- Bolivia, Plurinational State of
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- Chad
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- Côte d'Ivoire
- Djibouti
- Dominica
- Dominican Republic
- Ecuador
- Egypt
- El Salvador
- Equatorial Guinea
- Eritrea
- Eswatini
- Ethiopia
- Fiji
- Gabon
- Gambia
- Georgia
- Ghana
- Grenada
- Guatemala
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Guyana
- Haiti
- Honduras
- India
- Indonesia
- Iran, Islamic Republic of
- Iraq
- Jamaica
- Jordan
- Kazakhstan
- Kenya
- Kosovo
- Kyrgyzstan
- Lao People's Democratic Republic
- Lebanon
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Maldives
- Mali
- Mauritania
- Mauritius
- Mexico
- Moldova, Republic of
- Mongolia
- Montenegro
- Morocco
- Mozambique
- Myanmar
- Nepal
- Nicaragua
- Niger
- Nigeria
- North Macedonia
- Pakistan
- Papua New Guinea
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Philippines
- Rwanda
- Saint Lucia
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Samoa
- Sao Tome and Principe
- Senegal
- Serbia
- Sierra Leone
- Solomon Islands
- South Africa
- Sri Lanka
- Sudan
- Suriname
- Syrian Arab Republic
- Tajikistan
- Tanzania, United Republic of
- Thailand
- Timor-Leste
- Togo
- Tunisia
- Türkiye
- Turkmenistan
- Uganda
- Ukraine
- Uzbekistan
- Vanuatu
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